Two jailed for nine years over Yorkshire quad bike death crash, UK news, The Guardian

Two jailed for nine years over Yorkshire quad bike death crash

Daniel Raynor and Matthew Todd admitted causing death by dangerous driving after 140mph crash in which four people died

The Nissan car driven by Daniel Raynor with front-seat passenger Matthew Todd that ploughed into a quad bike while racing at 140mph. Photograph: West Yorkshire police/PA

Two jailed for nine years over Yorkshire quad bike death crash

Daniel Raynor and Matthew Todd admitted causing death by dangerous driving after 140mph crash in which four people died

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The driver and front-seat passenger of a car that ploughed into a quad bike while racing at 140mph killing four youthful people have each been jailed for nine years.

A judge heard how the four youthful people who died – Ryan Beal, 20, Brandon Brown, 20, Alexandra Binns, Eighteen, and Terrie Kirby, sixteen – were out celebrating Ms Kirby’s bday when the quad bike they were railing on was hit by a Nissan 350Z travelling in the same direction.

The driver of the Nissan, Daniel Raynor, 24, and his front-seat passenger, Matthew Todd, 22, each admitted four charges of causing death by dangerous driving and were jailed on Friday by Judge Geoffrey Marson QC, West Yorkshire police confirmed.

The pair were among twelve people sentenced in connection with the fatal collision on twenty seven September two thousand fifteen on the A6201 inbetween Upton and Hemsworth in west Yorkshire.

Raynor also admitted two offences of dangerous driving and was disqualified from driving for fifteen years. Ten other people were sentenced after they were convicted of encouraging the dangerous driving that night.

Judge Marson heard how two groups of people had travelled from Wakefield and Barnsley to use the spread of road for racing as spectators observed from the sides of the road and a railway bridge.

Analysis of the Nissan’s satnav showcased it was doing 140mph at the time of the influence with the quad bike, which was not connected with the group, and had reached 144mph on previous runs along the single carriageway road.

A number of motorists in the area that night described scaring scenes of cars evidently racing at high speed.

At a previous trial involving some of the defendants, prosecutor Kama Melly QC told the jury that one witness said “that the scene was something like out of the film The Rapid and the Furious”.

DI Richard Holmes said: “For so many youthfull lives to be lost in a single incident was truly shocking and it is no exaggeration to say that police officers who dealt with this case have been gravely affected by what they spotted and experienced.”

The officer said: “Driving at this speed, on a 60mph road, was an act of utter stupidity and extreme recklessness which frankly beggars belief. Raynor posed a massive danger to anyone else he came into contact with on that road and tragically, when he did, the consequences of his deeds were devastating.”

In a joint statement, the families of those who died said: “We lost sons and daughters just coming in the prime of their lives. We lost the chance of eyeing the people they would have grown into, and the family lives they could have had.

“The anguish of that loss may lessen but it will never go away, and our families will always be left with the skill they will never again be entire.”

West Yorkshire police said the others sentenced on Friday for encouraging dangerous driving were: Clark Henfrey, 20, from Barnsley, who was sentenced to forty six weeks’ detention at a youthfull offenders’ institution after pleading guilty; Stephen Hebden, 23, from Barnsley, sentenced to twelve months in prison after being found guilty; Mark Mason, 24, from Barnsley, sentenced to forty six weeks in custody after pleading guilty; Jack Dickinson Ellis, 20, from Barnsley, sentenced to forty six weeks in a youthfull offender’s institute after pleading guilty; Jake Hackleton, 25, of Barnsley, sentenced to forty six weeks in prison after pleading guilty; Nathan Jackson, 21, from Barnsley, sentenced to twelve months in prison after being found guilty; Jason Ogilvie, 28, from Wakefield, sentenced to forty two weeks in prison after pleading guilty; Jacob Ward, 23, from Barnsley, sentenced to forty six weeks in prison after pleading guilty; Andrew Kirkwood, 33, from Dewsbury, sentenced to forty two weeks in prison after pleading guilty; Gemma Layton, 28, from Leeds, sentenced to forty two weeks in prison after pleading guilty.

Two jailed for nine years over Yorkshire quad bike death crash, UK news, The Guardian

Two jailed for nine years over Yorkshire quad bike death crash

Daniel Raynor and Matthew Todd admitted causing death by dangerous driving after 140mph crash in which four people died

The Nissan car driven by Daniel Raynor with front-seat passenger Matthew Todd that ploughed into a quad bike while racing at 140mph. Photograph: West Yorkshire police/PA

Two jailed for nine years over Yorkshire quad bike death crash

Daniel Raynor and Matthew Todd admitted causing death by dangerous driving after 140mph crash in which four people died

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The driver and front-seat passenger of a car that ploughed into a quad bike while racing at 140mph killing four youthfull people have each been jailed for nine years.

A judge heard how the four youthfull people who died – Ryan Beal, 20, Brandon Brown, 20, Alexandra Binns, Legitimate, and Terrie Kirby, sixteen – were out celebrating Ms Kirby’s bday when the quad bike they were railing on was hit by a Nissan 350Z travelling in the same direction.

The driver of the Nissan, Daniel Raynor, 24, and his front-seat passenger, Matthew Todd, 22, each admitted four charges of causing death by dangerous driving and were jailed on Friday by Judge Geoffrey Marson QC, West Yorkshire police confirmed.

The pair were among twelve people sentenced in connection with the fatal collision on twenty seven September two thousand fifteen on the A6201 inbetween Upton and Hemsworth in west Yorkshire.

Raynor also admitted two offences of dangerous driving and was disqualified from driving for fifteen years. Ten other people were sentenced after they were convicted of encouraging the dangerous driving that night.

Judge Marson heard how two groups of people had travelled from Wakefield and Barnsley to use the spread of road for racing as spectators observed from the sides of the road and a railway bridge.

Analysis of the Nissan’s satnav displayed it was doing 140mph at the time of the influence with the quad bike, which was not connected with the group, and had reached 144mph on previous runs along the single carriageway road.

A number of motorists in the area that night described scaring scenes of cars evidently racing at high speed.

At a previous trial involving some of the defendants, prosecutor Kama Melly QC told the jury that one witness said “that the scene was something like out of the film The Prompt and the Furious”.

DI Richard Holmes said: “For so many youthfull lives to be lost in a single incident was truly shocking and it is no exaggeration to say that police officers who dealt with this case have been gravely affected by what they eyed and experienced.”

The officer said: “Driving at this speed, on a 60mph road, was an act of utter stupidity and extreme recklessness which frankly beggars belief. Raynor posed a massive danger to anyone else he came into contact with on that road and tragically, when he did, the consequences of his deeds were devastating.”

In a joint statement, the families of those who died said: “We lost sons and daughters just coming in the prime of their lives. We lost the chance of watching the people they would have grown into, and the family lives they could have had.

“The ache of that loss may lessen but it will never go away, and our families will always be left with the skill they will never again be entire.”

West Yorkshire police said the others sentenced on Friday for encouraging dangerous driving were: Clark Henfrey, 20, from Barnsley, who was sentenced to forty six weeks’ detention at a youthful offenders’ institution after pleading guilty; Stephen Hebden, 23, from Barnsley, sentenced to twelve months in prison after being found guilty; Mark Mason, 24, from Barnsley, sentenced to forty six weeks in custody after pleading guilty; Jack Dickinson Ellis, 20, from Barnsley, sentenced to forty six weeks in a youthful offender’s institute after pleading guilty; Jake Hackleton, 25, of Barnsley, sentenced to forty six weeks in prison after pleading guilty; Nathan Jackson, 21, from Barnsley, sentenced to twelve months in prison after being found guilty; Jason Ogilvie, 28, from Wakefield, sentenced to forty two weeks in prison after pleading guilty; Jacob Ward, 23, from Barnsley, sentenced to forty six weeks in prison after pleading guilty; Andrew Kirkwood, 33, from Dewsbury, sentenced to forty two weeks in prison after pleading guilty; Gemma Layton, 28, from Leeds, sentenced to forty two weeks in prison after pleading guilty.